Valve construction



Dec. 13, 1955 P. c. JURS Er AL 2,726,840

VALVE CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 8, 1951 4/ f2 24 3/ f/ 42 J8 gz 52 INVENTORJ fps/er C Jari BY JOSE/Dh Van Ove/Veen United States Patent 2,726,840 Patented Dec. 13, 1955 ffice VALVE CONSTRUCTION Peter C. Jurs, Oakland, and Joseph- P. Van verveen, Lafayette, Calif., assignors, by mesne assignments, to Shand and Jurs Company, Berkeley, Calif., a corporation ofi California Application December 8, 1951, Serial' N o. 260,644 2 Claims. (Cl. 251-62) This invention relates generally to iluid llow control valves of the type adaptedto be operated from a remote point by application of a controlling fluid pressure.

Remote operated valves of the above character have been used for many industrial applications. Particular reference can be made to tank valve systems of the type disclosed iurs Patent 1,976,445. In such systems it is common practice to install uid operated valves in the bottom Wall of motor trucl; tanks to enable an operator tocontrol the dispensing of gasoline or other petroleum products from a convenient valve control station, usually located at the side or rear of the truck. A valve unit suitable for use in such a system is disclosed in A. iurs, Ir., Patent 2,549,689. A characteristic of such valves is that they may be opened by abnormal'y application of back pressure in the outflow of discharge piping. This is generally undesirable for reasons dependingY upon the particular application for which the valveV isY being used. When a plurality of valves discharge into common piping, aswith the tank valve system of lurs 1,976,445, theopening of a valve under abnormal' nach ilow pressure may result in undesirable low of liquid from one# tank cornpartrnent to another, with resulting intermixing of liquids.

lt is an object of the present invention to provide a valve of the above type, which is not opened or otherwise affected by abnormal back pressure.

Another object of the invention is to-providel anovel valve construction suitable for installation in taule valve systems of the type disclosed in Jurs 1,976,445.

Another object of4 the invention iS.. to provideY aV valve of relatively simple construction, whichv can he readily manufactured and assembled, and which is relatively simple to install andtoservice.

AAdditional objects and features of the invention will appear from the following description in which the preferred embodiment has been set forth in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawing,

The valve illustrated in the drawing consists of a body which in this instance is provided with a flange 1l. An annular valve seat i2 is i'ormed on or mounted upon the body, and this seat surrounds the body opening 13 through which liquid may ilow. An outflow or discharge pipe 14 is coupled to the body, and is shown with a cou pling ange 16 for clamping to the ange il of the body. Assuming that the valve is mounted in the bottom wall 17 of a liquid tank, clamping studs i8 can be threaded into this bottom wall, and can extend through both the coupling flanges ll and 16, as illustrated. It will be evident that various means can be used for connecting the piping 14 with the body of the valve, as for example a threaded pipe connection. v

On the inow side ot the seat 12 there is a valve member 2l in the form of a hollow shell. One end portion of this member is provided with the annular rib 22, which forms an annular valve surface for engaging the seat 12. The other end ot' the valve member is provided with the removable cover plate 23. Portion 24 of the valve member is cylindrical to provide the cylindrical bore 26.

A fixedA member 27v in` the form of a post is disposed within the valve member, and' is mountedV upon thebody; In order to provide a suitablemountng for this post, the body isprovided with the radially extending armsor- Webs 28, which are attached to the member 27 as by meansrof the threaded connection 29. Suitable means such as the resilient O ring 3d serves to prevent leakage between these parts.

Member 27 carries a cylindrical portion- 31 and a piston 32. Piston 32 has a suit-able sealed slidingt- Within the bore 26K Asl an example of suitable sealing means, the piston is shown provided with the chevron rings 33; and the 0 ring 34. These seal rings are formed of suit'- able resilient material such as synthetic rubber.

That end of the valve memberV 21 which is nearest the valve seat is provided with the end wall 36. An opening 37 in the wall 36 serves to accommodatey the member 27 A second piston 38, which is substantially smaller in diameter than piston 32, has a sealed sliding tit within the bore 39A ot the cylindrical portion 31;. As suitablesealing means this piston is shown provided with thevcup washer and'- O- ring 4I and 42, which arelikewise formed or" suitable resilient materials such as synthetic rubber; Piston 38r is. attached to the stud 43, which in turn is securedl tothe center of thecover plate 2d'.

The cup washer il! isshownl loosely retained upon the piston 'oy the flanged' retaining=` washer 44, whicliinf turn is. clamped to the istonA by thel tubular spacer 4'6.

A compression spring #i7 is disposed Withinthe valve member for urgingthe' latter toward` closed. position. @noeud of' this spr-ingvseats upon the end' vrallf 36A ot" the valve member and the other endl seatsuponV thepistorr 32 as. illustrated. v

Thesource of." controlling uid pressure (not shown-l, is attached to the pipe 48. Ducts); and 51 in the valve body connect the pipe L58 with the space 52 below the piston 33. With this arrangement, when lluidf under pressure.v is applied through the pipe 43, as for example from a suitable hydraulic actuator, suchV pressure is applied' to space 52. toforce the piston 33` upwardiy, and thusmove the valve memben away from the seat 112.

Various types of stationary-valve seats can be employed depending upon the service to which the valve is to be applied. Thus ay simplemetalA seat can be provided, or one can employ norumetallic seats formed: ori-various synthetic or` plastic materials. ln the particular construction illustrated, the seat; is shown f'orrnedby'a removable seat ring, including the annular metal part 56, and tlenonmetal' annular pant 527-, which i'soonded to tirets-ame, 'The non-metal part can be made of resilient material, such as a suitable resilient synthetic rubber, or of harder materials such as a phenolic condensation product.

In order to secure the operation desired it is necessary for the piston 32 to be dimensioned in a particular manner with respect to the mean effective diameter of the valve seat. More specically, it is necessary for the diameter of the piston 32 to be substantially greater than the mean etective diameter of the valve seat. In the proportions illustrated in the drawing it will be noted that the outer diameter of the piston 32 (i. e. the diameter of the bore 26), is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the valve working surfaces. By valve working surfaces we have reference to the annular surfaces which are brought into sealing engagement between the seat 12, and the rib 22. As is Well known to those familiar with valves, the mean effective diameter of the valve working surfaces is somewhat less than their outer diameter.

To explain the operation of our valve it will be assumed that it is installed in the bottom wall of a liquid tank or tank compartment, and that pipe 48 is connected to a hydraulic actuator or like source of controlling fluid pressure. The pressure of liquid in the tank above the working parts of the valve Yis, freely transmittedto the v sure is reduced, as by venting fluid to the atmosphere,

spring 47 acts to force the valve member back to closed position. Assuming that the valve isY closed and that a back pressure is applied to the pipe 14, this pressure is transmitted to the space 62 below the piston 32. As a resultV the back pressure acts upon an effective uid pressure area of the valve member which is greater than the area of the mean effective diameter of the stationary valve seat. Such iluid pressure therefore urges the valve member toward its seat. This action occurs irrespective of the value of the back pressure applied. Pressure in the tank (i. e. inilow pressure) likewise urges the valve toward closed position. Thus for a range of pressures of say to 250 p. s. i., the valve is not opened or otherwise affected by application of such pressures to either one or both sides of the same.

With the` above construction it will be evident that the valve is not affected by back pressure, and therefore it is impossible for back ow of liquid to occur from the discharge pipe into the liquid tank or other source of inow liquid. A plurality of such valves can therefore be used in a tank valve system of the type disclosed in Jurs 1,976,445, without danger of the liquid within one tank or tank compartment'being commingled with the liquid from another tank or compartment. When closed the valve is not affected by either pressure in the tank or pressure within the discharge line, within the pressure range for which it is designed, which for example may be from 0 to 250 p. s. i.

We claim:

l. In a valve construction, a stationary body member having an annular stationary valve seat and an outow opening communicating through the seat, a movable valve member having an annular valve working surface cooperating with an annular valve working surface formed by the seat, the valve member being disposed on the inow side of the seat, a stationary piston carried by the body and disposed on the inow .side of the seat, said valve member being formed on and carried by one end of the cylindrical member, ton being greater thanV the mean effective diameter of said valve'working surfaces, the space on that side of the pisthe outer diameter of said piston which is faced toward the valve seat being in unrestricted communication with the outflow opening and forming a space which is closed to the inflow side of the seat,V

uid chamber, and'means for establishing communication between said tluid chamber and a source of controlling uid under pressure Vto effect movement of said valve member between open and closed positions.

Y 2. In a valve construction, a body member having an annular stationary valve seat and an outow opening Vthrough the seat, a movable valve member having an annular valve working surface cooperating with an annular valve working surface formed by the seat, said valve member being disposed on the inow side of the seat, a cylindrical member extending from the inflow side of the seat, said valve member being formed on and carried by one end of the cylindrical member, a Vsecond cylinder disposed within said iirst named cylindrical member, means serving to mount said second cylinder upon said body, a piston carried by said second cylinder and having a sealed-fit with respect to said first named cylindrical member, a compression spring interposed between said last named piston and said Yvalve member to urge valve member toward closed position, the second piston carried by that end of the cylindrical member which is remote from the valve working surfaces, said second piston being fitted within said second cylinder to form a closed Vuid chamber adapted Vto receive uid under pressure to elect movement of the valve member between open and closed positions, the space within said first named'cylindrical member and between the first named piston and saidvalve working surfaces being in freercommunication with the outflow side of the valve.

References Cited in the tile of this patentV UNITED STATESPATENTS 86,381 Evered Feb. 2, 1869 737,706 Chambers Sept. l, 1903 986,184 Lilly Mar. 7, 1911 1,305,365 Hopkins June 3, 1919 1,980,063 Jensen NOV. 6, 1934 2,549,689 .urs Apr. 17, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 197,065 Great Britain May 10, 1923 

